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SmCo12

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.359T
Magnetization density0.117μB Å−3
Total spin moment37.553μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.021eV atom−1
Cell volume322.190Å3
Number of atoms26atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo24Sm2
a, b, c8.304, 8.304, 4.672 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume322.190 Å3
Volume per atom12.392 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z2

Final Symmetry

Space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-I 4 2
Pearson symboltI26

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm2b24/mmm
Co1Co8f8..2/m
Co2Co8j8m2m.
Co3Co8i8m2m.

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
AFLOW ANRL labelA12B_tI26_139_fij_a-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment37.553 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.444 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.117 μB Å−3
μ0M1.359 T
PAW-sphere total38.434 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.881 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.502 μB
Transition-metal sublattice38.936 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm2-0.502-0.251-0.251 to -0.251
Co2438.9361.6221.591 to 1.655

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smb-0.011-0.026-0.214-0.251
2Smb-0.011-0.026-0.214-0.251
3Cof-0.010-0.0551.6851.621
4Cof-0.010-0.0551.6851.621
5Cof-0.010-0.0551.6851.621
6Cof-0.010-0.0551.6851.621
7Cof-0.010-0.0551.6851.621
8Cof-0.010-0.0551.6851.621
9Cof-0.010-0.0551.6851.621
10Cof-0.010-0.0551.6851.621
11Coj-0.010-0.0451.7101.655
12Coj-0.010-0.0451.7101.655
13Coj-0.010-0.0451.7101.655
14Coj-0.010-0.0451.7101.655
15Coj-0.010-0.0451.7101.655
16Coj-0.010-0.0451.7101.655
17Coj-0.010-0.0451.7101.655
18Coj-0.010-0.0451.7101.655
19Coi-0.008-0.0501.6491.591
20Coi-0.008-0.0501.6491.591
21Coi-0.008-0.0501.6491.591
22Coi-0.008-0.0501.6491.591
23Coi-0.008-0.0501.6491.591
24Coi-0.008-0.0501.6491.591
25Coi-0.008-0.0501.6491.591
26Coi-0.008-0.0501.6491.591

Convex Hull: Sm-Co

Energy above hull 0.021 eV/atom Reference set loading Candidates on this hull loading
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VASP Calculation

MethodCollinear spin-polarized DFT
Exchange-correlationPBE
Plane-wave cutoff520.0 eV
PrecisionNormal
Electronic convergence0.0001 eV
Ionic convergence-0.01 eV Å−1
Initial MAGMOM2*5.0 24*2.0
RelaxationIBRION 1, ISIF 3, NSW 100
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ADDGRID = True
ALGO = Normal
EDIFF = 0.0001
EDIFFG = -0.01
ENCUT = 520.0
IBRION = 1
ISIF = 3
ISMEAR = 1
ISPIN = 2
LAECHG = False
LASPH = True
LCHARG = False
LMAXMIX = 6
LORBIT = 11
LREAL = Auto
LWAVE = False
MAGMOM = 2*5.0 24*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh3 × 3 × 5
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.26897 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1308 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
3 3 5

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
CoPAW_PBE Co 06Sep20009.000267.969